masking problems

[Halo2Master]

ok, here is the code i'm having problems with--

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

string input;
char ch;
while (ch = getch())
{
    input.append(ch);
    cout << '*';
}
cin.get();
}

Error Message repeats: "Invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const char'"

[ILoveVectors]

check this out

[Halo2Master]

thnx! that clears alot up... a little technical but nothing i cant fix up

[swoopy]

> input.append(ch);
Try:
input.push_back(ch);

[Halo2Master]

now by the sounds of it, it replaces the "*" with a backspace, then the user wont see what they enter, true?

[swoopy]

No, it's equivalent to:

input = input + ch;

[Halo2Master]

> input.append(ch);
Try:
input.push_back(ch);

you cant use backspace though, i know that for a fact when my friends and I were working on this... we used that method, and when you backspace, it adds another star

[dpro]

Or another alternative method could be using string streams

...
string input;
stringstream strstream;

while( ch = getch() )
{
strstream << ch;
}
input = strstream.str();
...

just another alternative (with this you have to include stringstream )